Rousettinae

• Eonycterini
• Epomophorini
• Myonycterini
• Rousettini
• Plerotini
• Scotonycterini
• Stenonycterini
• Egyptian rousette Rousettus aegyptiacus

  A large-eyed fruit bat that feeds on very ripe fruit.

• Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus crypturus

  Peters's epauletted fruit bat flies through southern African savanna and riverine forest, feeding on fruit. It travels to fruiting trees at night.

• Lesser Dawn Bat Eonycteris spelaea

  The Lesser Dawn Bat has a long, narrow muzzle and large eyes. It feeds on nectar and pollen and roosts in large colonies in caves and other sheltered places.

• Hammer-headed Fruit Bat Hypsignathus monstrosus

  Mature males have a large, square head. The fruit-eating bat lives in central African forests and feeds mainly on figs.

• Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus wahlbergi

  Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat has a dog-like face and eats fruit. Males use white shoulder tufts in courtship, and groups rest by day in hollow trees or under large leaves.

• Geoffroy's Rousette Rousettus amplexicaudatus

  Geoffroy's rousette is a fruit-eating bat that roosts in large groups in limestone caves. It moves as fruits ripen.

• Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomops franqueti

  Franquet's epauletted fruit bat is an African fruit bat that eats fruit and flowers. White shoulder patches and the absence of a tail are distinctive.

• Madagascan Rousette Rousettus madagascariensis

  The Madagascan rousette is a small fruit bat found only on Madagascar. It is active at night and feeds on fruit and nectar.

• Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus gambianus

  It has a white spot at the base of each ear, and males have white shoulder tufts. It mainly eats fruit, with records of nectar feeding in Ghana.

• Bergmans's Collared Fruit Bat Myonycteris relicta

  Bergmans's Collared Fruit Bat was described from southeastern Kenya and northeastern Tanzania, and was later recorded in Zimbabwe.

• Little Collared Fruit Bat Myonycteris torquata

  This fruit-eating bat lives in forests and other habitats in Central and East Africa. Its back is dark rusty brown to yellowish brown; adult males seasonally develop yellow-orange staining on coarse throat and chest hairs.

• Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus angolensis

  This fruit bat has white shoulder tufts in males. It lives in riverine woodland and open woodland and is active at night.